Doll-head.



H- E. SMITH.

DOL L HEAD. APPLICATION FILED Aue.2. 1915.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

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rm Mowers PZYFRS co M4010 un HELEN ESTELLE SMITH, OF KANSAS CITY,MISSOURI.

DOLL-HEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

Application filed August 2, 1915. Serial No. 13,288.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, I-IELEN Es'rELLm SMITH, acitizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county ofJackson and State of Missouri, have made a new and original Discoveryfor Doll- Heads, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part thereof.

My invention relates to a doll head and more particularly to the detailconstruction of the head and means for attaching same to a body, theprincipal object of the invention being to provide an unusual andattractive head and facilitate the attaching of the head to the body ofa doll.

In accomplishing this object I have provided improved details ofstructure, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure I is 'a front view of a doll provided with a head that isconstructed and attached to the body in accordance with my invention.Fig. II is a longitudinal section of the doll, particularly illustratingthe head construction and mounting. Fig. III is a detail perspectiveView of the preferred form of head, and wherein the head is formedfromOne-half of a cocoanut. Fig. IV is an end view of the sameparticularly illustrating the attachment of the eyes and the arrangementof a mouth member. Fig. V is a detail perspective view of the headattaching post.

Referring more in detail to the drawings: 1 designates the head bodywhich is here shown to be comprised of one-half of a cocoanut from whichthe eyes 23-t have been drilled out to make them uniform in size andprovide openings entirely through the shell. In order to provide eyesfor the doll head I project the shank 5 of an ordinary shoe button orthe like 6 through the openings 2-8 and connect the shanks within thehead by wire or the like 7 so that the eyes are suitably anchored to thehead body, and in order to impart a representation of a natural mouth Ipaste a piece of red flannel or the like 7 over the opening 4: withinthe head.

To provide the attachment of the head to the body portion of the doll Iform a slit 9 at the rear edge of the head body, and drill a hole 10through the body directly opposite the slit 9, so that a post 11 may belocated within the slit and nest within the head body and may be securedto the body by a nail 12 that is located in the opening 10 and driveninto the end of the post, and by a wire 13, which is projected throughan opening 14 in the body directly back of the slit 9 and wound aboutthe post, said post being preferably provided with a groove 15 forreceiving the wire so as to preyent the wire from slipping along the posl/Vhen the post is attached to the head, the latter is filled withcotton or other suitable material and a hood 16 attached thereto bysewing or gluing. The post is then projected into the neck opening 17 ofa suitable body, and fastened to said body. The body may then be stufiedabout the post and clothed or decorated as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A doll head comprising a hollow body open at the rear and providedwith a slit, and with an aperture opposite the slit, a post locatedwithin said slit and bearing against the body, adjacent the aperture, afastening member projecting through said aperture into the end of thepost, and means for securing said post to the slit portion of said body.

2. A doll head comprising a hollow body, open at the rear and providedwith a slit at its under edge, a post located in said slit and bearingagainst the inner face of said body, opposite the slit, and means forsecuring said post to the body.

3. A doll head comprising. a hollow body, open at the rear and providedwith a slit at its under edge, a post located in said slit and bearingagainst the inner face of said body, opposite the slit, and means forsecuring said post to the body, the said body having eye and mouthopenings at the end opposite the post.

4:. A doll head comprising a half of a cocoanut shell, having thecocoanut eyes drilled out to form eye and mouth openings, and a postfixed to the open end of the shell and projecting from the shell to forman anchoring part for a doll body.

5. A doll head comprising a half of a cocoanut shell, having thecocoanut eyes drilled out to form eye and mouth openings, a post fixedto the open end of the shell and projecting from the shell to form ananchor- 7 Copies of this patent may be obtained for ings in its closedend, having a slit at one side of its open end, and having an aperture15 adjacent the slit and an aperture directly opposite the slit, a postlocated in said slit and bearing against the opposite apertured portionof the shell at its inner end, a nail projecting through said apertureinto the 20 end of the post, and Wire extended through the otheraperture and Wound about the post, forthe purpose set forth.

HELEN ESTELLE SMITH.

Witnesses:

- HERMAN L. BAUER,

LORETTA M. 'KUsLER.

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